Strategist Steve Bannon leaves Trump's turbulent White House
Washington — Steve Bannon, a forceful but divisive presence in President Donald Trump’s White House, is leaving.Trump accepted Bannon’s resignation on Friday, ending a turbulent seven months for his...
View ArticleCiting Trump remarks, entire president's arts council quits
New York — Another presidential advisory committee appears to be breaking up.Actor Kal Penn, artist Chuck Close and the entire membership of the President’s Committee On the Arts and Humanities have...
View ArticleCommentary: The Antiquities Act was meant to protect Indian history
Bureaucrats and politicians currently threaten the heritage of Native Americans — the groups whose histories the Antiquities Act of 1906 was intended to protect.Earlier this year, President Trump...
View ArticleLetter: Our own Idi Amin?
I just returned from vacation to learn that President Donald Trump in a tweet has floated the idea of pardoning himself. He doesn’t seem to believe he has ever done anything wrong; he’s a celebrity,...
View ArticleDish of the Week: Red curry with soft-shell crab at Fav Bistro in Holladay
Red curry with soft-shell crab • $18.95Fried soft-shell crab isn’t a common dish in our desert state, so this is a treat. One whole crab comes perched atop a pool of moderately spicy red curry sauce...
View ArticleEat your way around the globe at Wasatch International Food Festival in West...
The second annual Wasatch International Food Festival offers a diverse menu whether you’re hungry for gourmet food or street eats.During the two-day event, at the Cultural Celebration Center in West...
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Utah football: When it comes to the defensive line, Utes are in the deep end
Not that he has to even consider it, but Kyle Whittingham does not pause when asked one of the many questions that tend to recirculate during interviews. Because by now, it’s a given, an obvious...
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Chicken Little folk tale inspires Salt Lake City artists for annual Rose...
Against the national backdrop of protests turning violent, immigration raids and presidential claims of “fake news,” six Salt Lake City performing arts groups considered themes for their annual Rose...
View ArticleSierra Leone death toll now up to 450 after mudslides
Freetown, Sierra Leone — Rescue officials in Sierra Leone warned Friday that the chances of finding survivors in the debris of this week’s mudslides “are getting smaller every day,” as bereaved and...
View ArticleLetter: Stop falling for the Fox
Once upon a time, far away in the land called Ideology, there lived a young man. He was happy. Life was good. Each day, he spent hours listening to his trusted friend, the fox, who counseled him with...
View ArticleNeon Trees’ Tyler Glenn welcomes Mormon backing of LGBTQ concert, but says...
The LDS Church’s endorsement this week of a fundraising concert for LGBTQ support groups sends a mixed message, says former Mormon Tyler Glenn, the outspoken lead singer for Neon Trees.Glenn, who is...
View ArticleBYU football: Redshirt sophomore Beau Hoge earns nod as Tanner Mangum's...
Provo • If starter Tanner Mangum needs to leave a BYU football game in 2017 for any reason, redshirt sophomore Beau Hoge says he will be far more ready to lead the offense than he was two years ago.On...
View ArticleGolf: Utah Women's Open makes its debut in Provo
Provo • Organizers of the Utah Women’s Open had a modest goal of attracting 40-player field in the golf tournament’s first year, and they came close to achieving it.The breakdown between pros and...
View ArticleHurricane police department employee accused of selling evidence
An employee of the Hurricane Police Department has been was arrested for allegedly selling police evidence through his daughter’s online store.Kurt Tanner, an evidence technician, was charged Monday in...
View ArticleCommentary: Bannon’s chaos had no place at the White House
The most important thing to know about Steve Bannon, the departing White House “chief strategist,” is that he was an amateur. And just as Richard Neustadt tells us that the presidency is no place for...
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Indian speedskater chases dream of making PyeongChang 2018 at the Utah...
Kearns • Lap after lap, day after day, Stephen Paul looks up and hopes he’ll soon see the orange, green and white stripes of the Indian flag high above his head. In his four and a half years training...
View ArticlePodcast: Troy Williams is a captain. Will he be the Utes' starting quarterback?
Utah offensive coordinator Troy Taylor says the Ute’s deadline for naming a starting quarterback is Aug. 31 at 5:30 p.m. – and that’s only if they get the ball first.Is the QB competition really that...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake: With a trip to Montreal, it's back to the east coast for...
Real Salt Lake is in the midst of its heaviest two weeks of travel all season.After last weekend’s disaster of a weather-induced match postponement and a delayed flight home from D.C., RSL has yet...
View ArticleCities seek creative ways to prevent car or van attacks
Paris — From Barcelona to Times Square and beyond, extremists have used vehicles as deadly weapons with alarming frequency in recent years, whether to promote jihad, get attention or express despair.In...
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